Species Detail - Black Oil-beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Citizen Science Beetle Records For Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Meloe proscarabaeus
Black Oil-beetle
NBNSYS0000024949
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
mepro
Linnaeus, 1758
Insect - beetle (Coleoptera)
Species
55
36
26
10/04/2014
14/04/2025
21 February (recorded in 2024)
23 May (recorded in 2015)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Citizen Science Beetle Records For Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black Oil-beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus), accessed 14 March 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/393/Species/67393